The two know that if anything too serious happened during the press tour, one of the biggest paydays in combat sports history – for sure, McGregor’s biggest payday – would disappear into the either. Neither was all that likely to cross the line.

But when the talk gets heated, the sparks start flying, and that line gets shifted around a bit.

McGregor talked to MMAWeekly about his intent with the shoulder shrug after admitting to another reporter that if Mayweather showed him “a little too much disrespect… maybe I won’t follow the rules on fight night.”